VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 29, 2009) - Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX)(NASDAQ:MEOH)(SANTIAGO:Methanex) will webcast its upcoming Annual General Meeting, including remarks by President and CEO, Bruce Aitken. The meeting will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. PT.

Remarks will include a review of Methanex's results and performance over the past year, a discussion of the outlook for the Company and the methanol industry, and commentary on strategy and future initiatives.

There will be a live listen-only teleconference of the meeting. To access the call, dial the conferencing operator 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting at 416-340-2216, or toll free at 886-226-1792. A playback version of the AGM will be available for fourteen days at 416-695-5800, or toll free at 800-408-3053. The passcode for the playback version is 4141562. There will be a simultaneous webcast of the meeting, which can be accessed from our website at www.methanex.com/investor/events.html. The webcast will be available on our website for three weeks following the conclusion of the meeting.

Methanex is a Vancouver-based, publicly traded company and is the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets. Methanex shares are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada under the trading symbol "MX"; on the NASDAQ Global Market in the United States under the trading symbol "MEOH"; and on the Foreign Securities Market of the Santiago Stock Exchange in Chile under the trading symbol "Methanex". Methanex can be visited online at www.methanex.com.